Jake Bates is obviously more comfortable the farther out he is 
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The other teams will start declining the penalties to keep Bates closer to the uprights.
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Speaking of penalties and declining, on the facemask we declined before half we would have had the ball around our 45 right?
We didnt want to try bates from 70?
It seemed like at least five of them I wasn’t sure if it went through or not, until the refs signaled
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I believe it would have been the 35 yardline… So an 80 yard field goal. A little much.
We don’t want him to blow out a testicle just to be a part of some freak show. 
. That seems like it would be same old Lions to me…as Bates gimps off the field.
I thought dorsey was tackled at the 30, was he back at the 20?
I thought they might try a bomb hoping for Pass interference.
Yea thought it was the 20ish… Those longs kicks get blocked a lot too. I understand going to half there.
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@barreb101 just looked it up…Dorsey tackled at the 21… So 15 yard pen… Still over 80 yards
Got it i thought we were farther no problem just curious where mcdc will be if it is that 65+ range, you giving bates the shot? 80 would have been hysterical but fun to see
I think if they got to even 70 yards they’d give Bates a shot. He has the leg for it, and knowing that Justin Tucker has kicked the longest FG in the history of Ford Field runs me the wrong way. A Lion should have that damn record!
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We talked about this at work today. Taking 2 false starts to back up 10.